The Suffolk Guild of Ringers for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Learning to Ring
© Stephen Pettman
Welcome to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers website.
We hope you will find something useful on our website whether you are interested in learning to ring, have just started to learn or are already a member with years of ringing experience. There’s also a section all about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the Guild running!
Our four districts run a monthly programme of events aimed at all levels of ability, details of which can be found on What’s On, and we always welcome visitors whether you are on a business trip or on holiday in our beautiful county!.
The Guild was established in 1923 following the formation of the new Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914 and currently has nearly 780 members from over 250 towers including the UK’s heaviest ring of five at East Bergholt and the oldest complete ring of 8 at Horham.
If you would like to know more about the Suffolk Guild or bell ringing in general, please do not hesitate to contact one of the officers.
What's On
in the next four months
For full details please see What's On
December
Saturday 14th
Ipswich Christmas Ringing.
NW District Practice.St Margaret, Westhorpe (6)
2025
January
Saturday 4th
SE District Ringing.
Saturday 11th
NW District Practice.St Peter & St Mary, Stowmarket (10), IP14 1ES
Saturday 25th
SW District Practice.Edwardstone (6)
February
Saturday 1st
SE District Ringing.
Saturday 8th
NW District Practice.St Peter, Brandon (6), IP27 0JE
NE District Ringing Meeting.Rendham (8)
Saturday 15th
George W Pipe 12 Bell Competition.Bishop's Stortford
Sunday 16th
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall
March
Saturday 1st
SE District Ringing.
Saturday 8th
NE District Ringing Meeting.Wingfield (6)
NW District Practice.Blessed Virgin Mary, Gislingham (8), IP23 8HP
Saturday 22nd
National 12-bell Striking Contest Qualifiers.
Beverley
Liverpool St Nicholas
Rotherham
Shrewsbury
April
Saturday 5th
SE District Ringing.